Healthcare IT News - January 2009 - (Page 1) Speech Recognition: Adoption expected to accelerate pAge 26 Published in partnership with the news source for healthcare information technology n January 2009 from the top Several experts lined up for sessions on new ideas, innovation and ressearch at HIMSS09. Page 15 neWS two hats HHS Secretary nominee Tom Daschle tapped to lead White House office of healthcare reform. Page 3 ‘yes, we can’ It’s a new year and Senior Editor Diana Manos has high hopes for healthcare IT. Page 3 commentaRy asked cIOs and physicians how they would like to see the new administration, particularly health and human services secretary nominee and director of white house Office of health reform tom Daschle, proceed on the healthcare information technology front. what role should government play? what they had to say follows: ealthcare It News President Obama, please take note h By Bernie monegain, Editor Denni McColm, CIO, Citizens Memorial Healthcare, Bolivar, Mo. “I’d like to see the government encourage adoption of health IT through incentives for use, particularly the use of electronic medical records that eliminate the Denni McColm use of paper charts. Also, administrative simplification that isn’t just simpler for the fed- the neWS: President-elect Barack ➔ Obama pledged IT would be part of healthcare reform. What it meanS: Industry leaders ➔ have advice on how to make it happen. eral government from the payer side, but also allows hospitals and healthcare providers to be more efficient using EMR systems.” Joseph Kvedar, MD, founder and director, Center for Connected Health, Boston “The role of government should be to set policy that will move the system from one that rewards transactions, or units of service, to one that rewards Joseph Kvedar, quality. Incremen- MD tal efforts like P4P on top of traditional fee for service are not making enough of a difference. CMS should implement a oBama see page 27 trust this The director of one of the most successful RHIOs around says community is key. Page 7 hoSpitaLS & iDns it and architecture Scientist probes brain to see how hospital design might influence patient care. Page 9 phySician pRacticeS & ambuLatoRy caRe Officials confident the concerns will be resolved soon. By Diana manos, Senior Editor WASHINGTON SLoW: Privacy issues dog progress on NHIN Trained with technology, they expect safety net By molly merrill, Associate Editor NASHVILLE, TN – A new study has found that physicians who receive training in a technology-rich environment but go on to work in a less modern facility feel they can’t provide safe, efficient care as they could Kevin have with informa- Johnson, MD tion technology. The study, “”Performing Without a Net: Transitioning Away From a Health Information TechnologyRich Training Environment,” was conducted by Vanderbilt University Medical Center. About 80 percent of the 328 Vanderbilt graduates who participated in the study were working traineD see page 29 creating links Four Montana health centers to connect 69 providers to give better care. Page 12 payeRS Pharmacists key Collaborative program serves a nationwide model. Page 22 VenDoRS Best in klas See who among vendors tops the KLAS list for highest performing. Page 24 clinical toolkit speech recognition Analysts forecast aggressive adoption curve ahead. Page 26 – Privacy issues continue to keep the country’s planned nationwide health information network on the slow track, but government and community leaders say it Marc Overhage, won’t be a prob- MD lem going forward. Yet things did not go exactly as the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology planned at a demonstration last month, where 19 cooperative organizations were As an increasing number of hospitals and physician practices are converting from paper to electronic records, the push for connecting all of them into one nationwide network is on. scheduled to use real patient data to show how interoperability works. Instead, they used fictitious patient records to demonstrate greater depth in capabilities for interoperability than the initial trial run held in September. nhin see page 4 management solutions Breakaway sees silver lining By eric wicklunD, Managing Editor DENVER pay for performance programs 148 Number of programs on the rise 84 107 focus on practical In telehealth everyone is looking for practical apps and unified communications. Page 28 www.healthcareitnews.com MedTech Publishing Company / Vol. 6 no. 1 – Healthcare providers often don’t have the money, time or experience to properly install and manage new IT systems. That’s where The Breakaway Group comes in. “Their mission in life is patient “their mission in life is patient care – not training, not it.” – charles fred care – not training, not IT,” says Charles Fred, CEO of the Denverbased company. “What we’ve been able to do is really change the game, giving time back (to providers) to spend with their patients.” At a time when the economy is forc- Charles Fred ing hospitals and physician groups of all sizes to pare budgets and consider trimming staff, companies like The Breakaway Group are selling themselves as an alternative to IT staffs and implementation costs. lining see page 27 39 2003 2004 2005 2007 e l connect: gRApHS 0109 2007 Med-Vantage Inc., natIOnal P4P Study http://www.healthcareitnews.com
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